"Open the gates and the righteous nation who guards their trust shall enter, into the House of G-d we shall enter with trembling…". A prayer-leaf for hanging at the entrance to a synagogue, handwritten, by Yehuda Yoseph HaLevi. (Niš, Bulgaria), [19th century].
Written in ink in Hebrew letters and Rashi script, three of the p'sukim quoted are written in the shape of a bow, a Ladino text separates the leaf's title and its lower part. At the bottom: "I have offered this gift in honor of the Jews of this community, and the gift from me, Yehuda Yoseph HaLevi of Niš, should be pleasing to them."
Leaf 46cm. Fair-poor condition. Many tears and stains, folded.